վայրագ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian վայրագ (vayrag); see it for more.

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Adjective[edit]

վայրագ (vayrag) (superlative ամենավայրագ)

  1. ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel, barbaric

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From վայր (vayr, uninhabited place) +‎ ագանիմ (aganim, spend the night). The formation corresponds to Ancient Greek ἀγροῖκος (agroîkos).

Adjective[edit]

վայրագ (vayrag)

  1. living in wild uninhabited places
  2. (by extension) ferocious, fierce, wild, savage, inhuman, cruel

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: վայրագ (vayrag)
  • Old Georgian: ვერაგი (veragi)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “վայրագ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վայրագ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “վայրագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press